Radikal Technologies Accelerator was another synth we looked forward to seeing at the Musikmesse. It was on display next to the Moog booth, and judging from its sound, i guess it could stand up to the Moogs, these masters of analog fatness.

The Accelerator is an 8-voice polyphonic synth, which is expandable with a DSP module that brings you extra voices and 8 part multitimbrality. it has all the goodies that you would expect from this kind of synth, but also one cool feature that makes it stand out.

It is clearly made for live performances, since it offers direct patch selection with dedicated patch selection buttons. But thats not the feature that makes it special - the really unique feature is its built in 3D sensor.

And what does the 3D sensor do? Well, it feels actual movements of the Accelerator and converts it into modulation data, used for controlling parameters like pitch, filter etc. So in practice, you could tweak an arpeggio by shaking the Accelerator. If you're strong enough. I guess hurling a synth into an audience has never been more sonically rewarding than now.

Check out the clip below to hear the effect of the 3D chip.

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Accelerator features (from pressrelease)

- 3 oscillators with sweepable waveforms,time linearity modulation, phasemodulation, ringmodulation between Oscillator 2+3

- oscillator synchronisation

- 6 envelope generators

- 4 LFOs (3 voice, 1p art LFO)

- noise with noise filter (multimode filter 12 / 24 dB)

- independent amp EG for noise

- 2 multimodefilter per voice - LP, HP, BP and Notch with 12/24 dB per filter switchable

- independent oscillator to filter feeds

- serial and parallel filter configurations

- 8 voices (expandable per DSP upgrade)

- categorized randomize sound function

- monochrome graphic display with RGB backlight

- modulationmatrix

- 2 FX

- arpeggiator

- step sequencer

- split, dual, single and performance mode

- 3D positioning sensor for parameter control

- 61 lightweighted keys with channel aftertouch

- 512 sound memories

- floating point for enhanced dynamic range

- expression pedal input

- footswitch input

- USB (USB MIDI class device)

- two external inputs

- two outputs

- MIDI In, Out, Thru

- headphones output

The Radikal Technologies Accelerator is a cool looking/sounding synth which is being released in June 2010.